Manager, Faith and Church Partnerships

Role Overview

• Develop and drive a measurable and time-bound approach to build strategic faith partnerships, guided by IJM’s Church Partnerships Strategy and the program portfolio strategies that respond to programming and project needs and create efficiencies for project-based leadership and staff.
• Lead the creation and development of global products and services to enhance and accelerate partnerships with faith-based organizations and leaders.
• Build and strengthen relationships with and between project staff tasked to programmatically engage traditional, faith, and other critical community leaders to advance the mission.
• Identify, develop, and advise project teams on faith-centric curriculum and programming materials that advance programming objectives for faith-based partnerships and align with evidence-based models and practices (internal and external).
• Identify and, with project team support, implement opportunities and innovations to accelerate IJM’s progress to address forms of violence through the lens of faith engagement.
• Develop, lead, and participate in relevant communities of practice for IJM’s program staff to share best practices and facilitate other cross-Regional learning platforms.
• Applying best practice in social and behavior change science and insights from faith leader engagement, equip IJM teams to build strategic partnerships that increase access to justice and validate just outcomes for survivors of violence.
• Aligning and planning with IJM staff who engage churches and faith leaders across the organization, conduct and support targeted thought-leadership activities (publications, speaking engagements, relationship building, and networking) with priority faith leaders, faith-based organizations, and networks that serve Global Programs’ portfolios.
• Identify, map, and engage with faith-based organizations and leaders to build strategic agreements that foster effective, place-based programming partnerships.
• Convene and contribute to faith-based global coalitions to influence IJM’s global advocacy targets and build thought-leadership to address violence.
• Stay up to date on faith-led initiatives and movements that work in support of or against addressing violence (local, regional, national, global), offering critical analysis and recommendations to support IJM’s mission.
• Routine engagement with relevant leaders and staff across the organization.
• Update relevant Global Programs SharePoint site with information and intelligence to inform strategy implementation.
• Document the role of faith partnerships in interventions, ensuring that MERL’s monitoring data, programming experiences, and lessons learned are captured in ways that expand our expertise and implementation.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in theology preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in theology, biblical studies, international development, social sciences, or related field required.
• Minimum 7 years' experience working with and demonstrating value from faith leaders’ engagements with specific experience working cross-culturally and religiously, including engagement with the Catholic church, Protestant denominations, and Muslim leaders.
• Minimum 7 years of experience working in international development, with specific experience in program management, strategic program design, and community development.
• Familiarity with social and behavior change science, with experience successfully applying behavior change models programmatically.
• Minimum 3 years of experience contributing programmatically to address human rights, with experience addressing violence against women preferred.
• Proven ability to contribute to detailed development and systems-change programming.
• Proven ability to cultivate and champion strategic partnerships for global impact.
• Strong public speaker.
• Proven ability to develop and innovate successful, goal-oriented strategies.
• Systems builder who thrives on creating structures that enable others to succeed.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Spanish proficiency preferred.
• Knowledgeable about global and national level public health and justice systems approaches and evidence-based programming to address VAWC preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits
• Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area
• Retirement benefit options
• Paid leave starting at 23 days
• 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior)
• Daily, quarterly , and annual community spiritual formation
• Robust staff care resources